Americans in the War
New Technology
Trenches
End of the War
Vocab
100

The ship Germany sunk that made America annoyed

Lusitania

100

This was a new weapon used during World War I. You had to put on a mask to protect yourself from it.

Poison Gas

100

A dangerous condition that soldiers got from standing in water for long periods of time.

Trench foot

100

This ended the war with Germany

Treaty of Versailles

100

"America to the Americans"

Monroe Doctrine

200

The telegram Germany tried to send Mexico.

Zimmerman Note

200

They used this to put around the trenches to make it harder for the enemy to get in.

Barbed Wire

200

These trenches sometimes had electricity and running water

German Trenches

200

The country that surrendered.

Nobody

200

Cease fire

Armistice
300

Americas foreign policy at the beginning of World War I.

Isolationism

300

At the beginning of the war they used to get stuck in the trenches

Tanks

300

These animals lived in the trenches, and could be the size of cats.

Rats

300

France blamed ________ for the war

Germany

300

President Wilsons idea to avoid another war.

Wilson's 14 Points

400

What the French and British soldiers called American soldiers

Doughboys

400

This new weapon was fully automatic, and could shoot rapidly.

Machine Gun

400

The best time to attack an enemy trench

Night time

400

This became a new country

Poland

400

Democratic governments are best because the people rule.

Self - Determination

500

America entered the war and joined the 

Allied Forces

500

This new weapon was used to see where the enemy was at.

Plane

500

The space between enemy trenches and allied trenches

No Man's Land

500

A new world organization, designed by President Wilson.

League of Nations

500

During World War I the President needed to make the military bigger, he did this by using the

Selective Service Act

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